Apparatus for the purpose of fastening floor-coverings to stairwarys.



W. F. ZWICK.

APPARATUS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FASTENING FLOOR COVERINGS T0 STAIRWAYS. APPLICATION FILED APR; 2, 191.5.

1,178,568.. Patented Apl 11, 1916.

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. specification of Letters Patent; Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application filed April 2, 1915. I SeriaINo. 18,774.

To all whom it may concern: I v

Be it known that I WILLIAM F. ZwIoK, a citizen of the United States, resident at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga'and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for the Purpose of Fastening Floor-Coverings to Stairways, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates generally to carpet fasteners and more particularly to stair carpet fasteners, the object of theinvention being to provide a simple and eflicient construction of device for fastening the carpet at the end of the stairs and with this object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a sectional view of a stairs having a carpet secured thereto and illustrating my invention at the upper end of said stairs; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device; Fig. 3 is a detail plan view showing the manner of securing the lower end of the'stair carpet; Fig. i is a plan view of the lower section of my improved stair carpet fastener; Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the upper member of said fastening device; Fig. 7 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the two members connected; Fig. 9 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 10 is a section on the line w00 of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a detail view of the rod which may be employed for securing the carpet in the angle of the stairs; Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are detail views of a device which may be used for securing the lower end of the stair carpet.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a bottom plate A of sheet metal and of suitable size, which plate is @opies of this patent may be obtained for intended to be secured to the floor at the top of the stairs, This plate is formed with eyes or loops B at its ends and intermediate its end this plate is provided with upwardly projecting prongs O. The upper end of the carpet is adapted to rest upon the plate A and the prongs Center the fabric at the bottom and in connection with this bottom plate C I employ atop plate D having eyes or loops E at its ends which are adapted to register with the eyes B of the bottom plate and are connected thereto bypins F passing through said eyes or loops. Thistop plate D is upset intermediate its ends as shown at G in order to :space the main portion of the plate a suflicient distance away from the bottom plate to properly receive the edge of the carpet and this bottom plate is also 'provided with a depending back portion H which extends the entire length of the upset portion as clearly shown thereby providing a complete envelop for the upper end of the carpet. The carpet can be fastened in the angles of the stairs and at the bottom in any suitable or well knownrmanner and in the drawingsI have illustrated one form of device for accomplishing these results.

I claim p As a new article of manufacture, a stair carpet fastener comprising a bottom plate having prongs intermediate its ends, the ends being provided with loops or eyes, a top plate having its ends provided with loops or eyes adapted to register with the loops of the bottom plate, and pins connecting said top and bottom plates, the top plate being upset intermediate its ends, the upset portion having a depending back portion.

WILLIAM F. ZWIOK. 7

Signed in the presence of- CLAYTON Towmss, MILTON C. PORTMANN.

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